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INO. 286,893. Patented Oct. `16, 1883.

@Miren rArns WILLIAM A. AUBLE, or cIIIcAGo, ILLINoIs, AssIGNon rro Lnvi II. rrIIoMAs,

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CAN FOR INK.

SYECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 2\86,893, dated October 16, 1883.

Application inea April 9,1as`3. (Monique1.)

To all whom t may concern:

Bc it known that I, WILLIAM A. AUBLE, a citizen of the United States, :residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Im provements in Bottles for Writing-Ink, of which the following is a specification.

In supplying writing-ink to the trade it is the common practice to place the same in bottles of earthenware or glass, which materials are not. aHected by the ingredients of the ink. These bottles, however, are frequently broken in handling and transportation, and when exposed to excessive cold are also subject to breakage by reason of they freezing of their contents. Metal cans of ordinary construction, while not liable to breakage, have been found unsuitable for containing ink, for the reasonthat the ingredients of the ink corrode the metal and the oxidized metal in a short time seriously impairs the quality ofthe ink. It has also been found that most inks, whether in bottles or cans, are liable in a short time to become moldy and spoil, and for this reason it is customary to add to the ink in each bottle a few drops of some preservative substance, such as oil of cloves or creosote.

My present invention ha-s for its object to provide a cheap and durable bottle for containing ink which shall possess the advantages of the glass or earthenware bottles, in that it will not be affected by the ink, and of the met-al cans, in that it will not be subject to breakage, and which shall possess the further advantage of saving the ink from becoming moldy.

A further object of invention is to provide an improved pouring-cap and stopple for the 'To this end myiinvcntion consists in the several improvements hereinafter described,` illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and particularly defined in the claims at the end of this specification.

A designates the body of the bottle, which is a sheet-metal tube having tted thereto the wooden bottom B, provided with the ilange I), and the wooden top C, having the neck ofthe bottle formed integral thercwith,.and having the flange c, that bears against the top of the tube. The wooden top and bottom are turned in the usual manner, and are` held securely to the metal body by tacks or other suitable means. The entire inner surface of the bottle (body, top, bottom, and neck) is provided with a coating of pitch, D, which serves not only to protect the metal from corrosion, since itis proof against acids or the like contained in the ink, but also serves to render the top and bottom impervious to the ink, which would otherwise get into the pores of the wood and leak or in a short time destroy the same. An advantage possessed by pitch for the purpose to which I apply vit is that it clings to the metal with the greatest tenacity, and in a film or coating of suchv toughness that, although the can may become much indented by severe usage, the coating readilybends with the metal and remains unbroken, so that the metal surface is never exposed. Moreover, this peculiar tough and tenacious quality of the pitch coating is especially advantageous in protecting the neck of the can which receives the stopper, for were a-thin and brittle coating employed it would soon become worn or broken off by the repeated operation of opening and closing the can. I have also discovered that the coating. of pitch, by reason of the creosote and other preservative matters contained therein, effectually prevents the ink in the can from becoming` moldy or spoiling.

It will be understood, of course, that aslight addition to the pitch of other substances may be made, if desired; but the pitch should always be in excess, and I regard it, whenused alone, as the most effective coating.

The preferable manner of applying the pitch f coating is as follows: The bottom is first attached to the mctallicbody, which is then iilled with liquid pitch. The top is next placed in position upon the body, after which the pitch is emptied out, leaving a sufficient protective coating adhering to the entire inner surface of thebottle. Into the neck of the bottle, when it is to be closed, is inserted the stopple E, which has its surface coated with paraftine or equiva-y lent substance, to prevent the stopple from adhering to the coating of the neck when, asin very warm weather, this coating becomes somewhat softened by the heat. Over the straight neck ofthe bottle is itted the pouringcap F, having the small tubes f therein for the discharge of the ink. This cap is preferably coated with pitch, and after the withdrawal of the stopple remains upon the bottle until the ink is exhausted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new7 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. An ink-bottle having a metallic body and having an interior coating of pitch, substantially as described.

2. As a new article of manufacture, abottle consisting of` a metallic body, a bottoni, and 

